drug overdose

We are currently facing a very serious and scary heroin epidemic in the United States, one that is blind to social class, gender, age, race, and geographic location. Again and again we read shocking news stories of Midwestern teenagers, young mothers, and powerful business executives...

Over the last decade, heroin has made a comeback in the United States, and the fatal overdoses have followed, in part attributed to a new deadly opiate additive. In response to overdose deaths, which, according to CNN, have quadrupled since 2002, the White House recently...

FDA Approves Evzio®, Automatic Injector of Naloxone
Naloxone is an opioid antagonist drug, available since 1971, with potentially lifesaving capabilities in case of accidental or intentional overdose with illicit opioids such as heroin and other prescription painkillers. Opioids bind to receptors in the brain and spinal...

People are starting to notice a problem. It’s hard not to notice the “heroin crisis,” when celebrities like Philip Seymour Hoffman overdose. It’s hard for parents to ignore when news reports tell us that high school students are helping each other shoot up in school...